Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 101: Chapter 99: Have You Learned It?

The Negotiation Master looked at Sword Star, hoping for a hint or signal from him.

Sword Star whispered, ”You can give it a try.”

The Negotiation Master nodded and said to Wu Chang, ”I dropped that special necklace.”

Wu Chang extended the hand holding the necklace, but just as the Negotiation Master was about to grasp it, Wu Chang pulled it back.

”That’ll be 20,000 Rotten Silver Coins.”

Negotiation Master: ?

”Didn’t you say it was one of ours?”

Wu Chang smiled and said, ”The fee is for services rendered.”

The Negotiation Master paused for a moment and then quietly asked, ”Can you issue a receipt?”

”Sorry, I haven’t set up that service yet.”

The Negotiation Master glared at Sword Star, ”You’ll vouch for me, this fee better be reimbursed when we get out.”

After receiving a face-to-face transfer from the Negotiation Master, Wu Chang handed her the ”Blessing of the Great Saint Mother”.

That unknown woman looked like she had a backup plan, but she fought hesitantly all the way, clearly hiding some Skills.

You ask how Wu Chang knew?

He’s used to concealing Skills, and can immediately tell when others have issues.

Twenty thousand Rotten Silver Coins is the confidentiality fee, plus escorting in defeating a boss, and that’s a friendship price for sure.

Moreover, as the fee can be reimbursed, it’s practically free for the taking.

The Negotiation Master grabbed the Blessing of the Great Saint Mother, as if receiving a ”You have been empowered, go deliver” command, and charged towards the Sea Monster.

Once out of the water, the Sea Monster revealed its full appearance.

The Sea Monster was shaped like a centaur, but its ”human” part was a giant standing black goat.

The black goat’s eyes each bore a black cross star, its head adorned with devil-like spiral horns, its lower waist had standard cloven hooves, but instead of human hands or goat hooves at its shoulders, there were two hefty fins.

The rear resembling a ”horse” had instead become a massive fish body, with a dorsal fin that looked like a gigantic shark.

Simply put, the Sea Monster was a haphazard stitch-up of a black goat and a giant shark, exuding an artificial vibe.

The heavy fins and fish body allowed it to swiftly move in the sea, while its front leg hooves supported its ability to avoid water and run on land.

Despite the Sea Monster’s hastily stitched appearance, its power was far from weak.

The massive body granted it a thick health bar and tremendous Power; the stitching materials included Erin’s body, granting it high Energy resistance.

Furthermore, as a Divine Envoy, it’s hard to deal damage using decisive Skills within its Inner World.

If Sword Star were to take action, he might harm the Sea Monster with his powerful Sword Technique and implant the Blessing of the Great Saint Mother into the beast.

But against the Negotiation Master, the Sea Monster was almost invincible.

Without deploying secret cards, the Negotiation Master would hardly inflict substantial damage on the Sea Monster.

During the skirmish between the Negotiation Master and the Sea Monster, Sword Star, unable to join the battle, approached Wu Chang.

”She’s a friend of mine from the Management Bureau, noticed I was in danger with the new assistants, and was dispatched by the Bureau to the rescue.”

Wu Chang smirked under his Black Robe; she’s here to specifically save you, don’t drag us new assistants into this, we don’t have that much clout.

Sword Star saw Wu Chang remained unresponsiveness, so continued, ”I just heard her say the pollution value of Peaceful Town is rapidly dropping, almost cleared. Was that your doing?”

Wu Chang kept silent, withholding a reply.

Sword Star probed, ”If my guess isn’t wrong, you cracked through Moonlight Sanatorium, right?”

Wu Chang watched Sword Star talk to himself, wondering when he’d tire and back away.

”Some guessed you were lucky and awakened with a certain strong Skill before entering the Abyssal Game, by fair chance mastered a Skill that countered Moonlight Sanatorium’s mechanisms. But ever since you set the record clearing C-Level dungeons, such voices have diminished.”

”Judging by achievements, it’s not plain enough for me, but sharing a dungeon with you really illuminates the vast disparity unseen elsewhere.”

”Frankly, how to defeat a boss is talent-driven, yet uncovering clues and strategizing in a dungeon can’t rely just on Power. Here I assume my abilities suffice for this dungeon, yet I’m clueless about happenings in town, mind sharing how you uncovered the clues then strategized in the dungeon?”

Wu Chang maintained a cool demeanor, keeping quiet.

”You received a face-to-face transfer from player Sword Star for 5000 Rotten Silver Coins, accept?”

Wu Chang: ?

What does this mean, look down on me, thinking this paltry sum can buy me off?

Accept!

Wu Chang couldn’t hold back, ”Casually handing over 5000 Rotten Silver Coins, your Management Bureau must be covered in wealth.”

Sword Star chuckled, openly stating, ”Any intel regarding you, can be reimbursed by the Bureau.”

Tsk, this is the clout of a big organization.

Seeing Wu Chang convey faltering dignified silence, Sword Star asked again, ”Can you tell how you discovered clues, identifying the threshold in strategizing a dungeon?”

Wu Chang shrugged, ”This is unteachable, pure innate.”

”You mean you possess some innate waking Skill for strategizing a dungeon?” Sword Star queried.

Wu Chang squinted, eyeing Sword Star with an odd gaze.

No, buddy, your intel probes in strategy are at a loss, how come finding my secrets fuels you so recklessly?

With your guesswork skill, why not guess the dungeon plot instead?

”Have you heard of the Innate Breakthrough Holy Body?”

”Never heard of it.”

”Good, me neither.”

Sword Star responded with a smirk, as if saying you must be kidding me.

Wu Chang: ”Since you’re unfamiliar, why assume I naturally possess protocol Skills for strategizing a dungeon?”

Sword Star pondered back, realizing that made sense.

Just then, the Negotiation Master tussling with the Sea Monster was smacked flying, her figure like a smacked badminton shuttlecock, landing heavily before the pair.

Luckily the soft sand absorbed most of the impact, saving her from serious harm.

The Negotiation Master climbed out of the dirt, spat sand and raised her head, looking dissatisfied at the duo.

”Seriously, I’m here battling for life while you two gents stand by, chit-chatting, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”

Sword Star turned around, alongside the Negotiation Master, gazing at Wu Chang.

Wu Chang: ?

Really, your face, why follow her gaze; she just wasn’t addressing you, was she?

He resisted the urge to retort, as a guest performer River God with professional ethics, having received their payments, he must ensure they aren’t spent uselessly.

Taking the Blessing of the Great Saint Mother from the Negotiation Master, he turned back towards Sword Star, saying:

”One thing you’ve said was incorrect.”

”Which one?” Sword Star puzzled.

”You claimed strategizing a dungeon without merely Power was unworkable, it’s not without Power, it’s your Power that isn’t strong enough. Have sufficient Power, then disregard any dungeon Rules, directly crush through them.”

”Pay close attention, I’ll demonstrate just once.”

Wu Chang proceeded, necklace in hand, toward the Sea Monster.

The original sin of wrath embodied by the sewn Sea Monster, though possessing slight intelligence, having bested two others, seeing the arrival of another oblivious third person, its cross-shaped pupils bore scorn, goat’s nostrils expelling heat, then charged Wu Chang like it did the Negotiation Master.

Wu Chang slipped off his robe, tossing it up high to reveal the giant whale-themed swimsuit that covered him beneath.

Instantly, his body expanded, transforming into a 15-meter tall giant whale figure.

Accompanying this grand physique, paired with superhero tight apparel charisma, rendered him strikingly heroic.

Though accustomed to vast spectacles, both Sword Star and the Negotiation Master couldn’t help but drop their jaws.

He twisted his belly and torso, gesturing his left arm in front, right arm raised high, resembling a wrath-filled Buddha statue.

The unforeseen transformation shifted the Sea Monster’s perspective from staring down at an ant to looking up at a towering palm overhead.

Seeing this entity towering by half a head over it, the derision in its gaze disappeared, exchanged for clearing vision in anger.

Too late, alas.

In the next moment, Wu Chang swayed his right arm in full circle, akin to a slap battle professional, delivering a resounding slap at the Sea Monster’s goat face.

Boom!

This whap resonated, as if striking a drum, or thunderous from the ground.

No need for any Skill, 140 points of Power in a slap spun the Sea Monster’s goat head in a full circle, half its face collapsed, eyes rolled back into baby-like slumber.

Taking advantage of its yet unaroused Divine Envoy power, Wu Chang pried open its goat’s mouth, stuffing in the Blessing of the Great Saint Mother.

He disengaged the Giant Whale Transformation, grasping upward to catch the descending Black Robe.

He turned towards Sword Star, and asked, ”It’s just that simple, have you learned?”